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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3165458, member: 56859&quot;]Wow, that was a very nice deal for $25!&nbsp; Of the more eastern kingdoms, Elymais is one I&#039;ve been meaning to explore.&nbsp; In a recent JA auction I picked up a nice example of a very common type.&nbsp; Yours is much more interesting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;d like some of the front facing coins too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=56976]@Bob L.[/USER] didn&#039;t mention it but he wrote a very good synopsis of Elymais coinage and you can read it here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/pdf/An-Introduction-to-Collecting-Coins-from-Elymais.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/pdf/An-Introduction-to-Collecting-Coins-from-Elymais.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.coincommunity.com/pdf/An-Introduction-to-Collecting-Coins-from-Elymais.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]813587[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ELYMAIS.&nbsp; Phraates, early to mid 2nd Century CE</b></p><p>Æ Drachm, 15 mm, 3.18 gm</p><p>Obv.: Bust of Phraates left with star and crescent, trident behind.</p><p>Rev.: Regular pattern of dashes.</p><p>Ref: van&#039;t Haaff 14.2.2-1; Sear 5902 (I do not have the reference books and have not checked the attribution)</p><p><i>JAZ private auction 137, 2 August 2018; ex Ken Dorney</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The shape and bumps would make this coin an excellent guitar pick <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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